New York - Them Before Us

Governor Cuomo passes legislation to ensure that children are legally denied rights to their mothers and fathers

by Katie Breckenridge | Feb 9, 2021 | EXPORT, The Latest

On February 15th, 2021, New York’s Governor Cuomo will realize his dream of legalizing gestational surrogacy in New York state. The precursor for this new legislation began in 2020 with Coumo’s launch of the “Love Makes A Family” campaign, which sought to “legalize...

Sacrificing the Well Being of Children: New York’s Legalization of Commercial Surrogacy

by Katy Faust | Apr 9, 2020 | EXPORT, The Latest

(Originally published on United Families International) Last year New York had a heated debate about overturning their decades-long ban on surrogacy enacted after the “Baby M” case where a surrogate did what mothers tend to do; bond with her baby and refuse to give...

Dear NY, Commercial Surrogacy is Bad for Kids

by Katy Faust | Feb 27, 2019 | EXPORT, Justice, The Latest

Re: S.2071 Child – Parent Security Act Dear Member of Assembly, My name is Katy Faust. I am founder and director of the children’s rights organization Them Before Us. We represent the party most impacted by S.2071 – the children. The ill-named...

Opposition to New York’s Senate Bill Legalizing Surrogacy

by Them Before Us | Jan 31, 2018 | Around the World, EXPORT, Justice, New York

Dear New York Senator/Assemblyman, Them Before Us exists to defend a child’s fundamental right to their mother and father. This right grants children not only the two people who are statistically the most likely to be connected to, protective of, and invested in them...